--- src/portage/conf/portagesettings.cc.orig	2006-08-16 15:32:36.000000000 +0800
+++ src/portage/conf/portagesettings.cc	2006-08-16 15:32:57.000000000 +0800
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <eixTk/stringutils.h>
 
 #include <varsreader.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <fstream>
 
@@ -104,7 +105,11 @@
 		(*this)["PORTDIR"].append("/");
 	}
 
-	overlays = split_string((*this)["PORTDIR_OVERLAY"]);
+	FILE *src = popen(". /etc/make.conf && echo $PORTDIR_OVERLAY", "r");
+	char overlay_dirs[1024];
+	fgets(overlay_dirs, 1024, src);
+
+	overlays = split_string(string(overlay_dirs));
 
 	if(getenv("ACCEPT_KEYWORDS")) {
 		(*this)["ACCEPT_KEYWORDS"].append(string(" ") + getenv("ACCEPT_KEYWORDS"));